Belegarth

I was just curious but has anybody ever used just straight volara for a flatblade? ive seen it used for the edhellen omniblades and barley bats with the combo of the 4pound and then wrapped in volara the rest of the way.

My idea was to use a fatigue foam for the box and then volara for the rest but wanted to ask since ive never really seen or heard of it used for flatblades besides a thin strip used as a final blade layer on reds

bdar did a circular wrap in thinner, maybe .25 volera for a box, then a layer of blue camp pad then a layer of volera on a couple swords I got in 2010.
I still use them. They're still fine. It's crazy.

Yes, most peoe here in cali say it hits too hard. Also it rips/tears easily, so you need to use plastic tape to keep it from tearing.

I did a Volara-only blade and I ended up needing a 1/2" of non-volara over the top just to keep it from hitting too hard. It made more of an oar than a sword.

You sure you two arent talking about cross link polyethylene foam? because i had and hear those issues when it had to do with cross link polyethylene foam. only reason i question u guys is because barley bats were a 4lb box with a volara wrap and edhellen omni blades are just all volara and those hit just fine and dont have weight issues to my knowledge.

or maybe volara just works well as an omni weapon *shrug*

just curious why i havent seen or heard of it used for flat blades, besides putting just a single layer on reds

I was using Volara (TM) from Sekisui Voltek, in a 2 pound density. I don't know if other people are referring to something other than Volara when they use the same term. Incidentally, Volara IS cross-linked polyethylene. It just uses a different method for cross-linking the cells in the foam, irradiation. There is also chemically cross-linked polyethylene, which is what a lot of other types of foam are. Volara is very soft compared to these other foams. I suspect that the compression that the foam undergoes when it is wrapped also serves to stiffen it, which is why bats are a better use for Volara than blades.